Calvin Coolidge

• Birth July 4, 1872- January 5, 1933
• 30th President of the United States
• Republican lawyer from Vermount eventually became the governor of Massachussettes
• Elected the 29th Vice Preisdent in 1920 and succeeded to President upon the death of W.G. Hardding in 1923
• re-elected in 1924
• married to Grace Coolidge and had two children, both boys: John and Calvin Coolidge
• served as the Luietnent governor of Mass.

• restored public confidence in the White House after the supposed scandals of the Hardding Administration
• Succeeded Hardding on August 2, 1923 after his sudden death
• first presidential speech to be broadcasted over the radio

• Immigration Restriction
• "The need for government to attribute the coal strikes in Pensiylvania"
• Washington Naval Treaty- initiated one month into Cooldiges presidency-- a treaty that limited the naval armaments of its five signatories: the United States of America, the British Empire, the Empire of Japan, the French Third Republic, and the Kingdom of Italy; agreed at the Washington Naval Conference and signed by representatives of the treaty nations on 6 February 1922.- served as an was an attempt to prevent a naval arms race that began after World War I.
• World War Adjustment Compensation Act- federal law passed on May 19, 1924 that granted benefits to American WW1 vetrans
• Immigration Act of 1924 was enacted
• Revenue Act of 1924- cut US federal tax rates and created the US Board of Tax Appeals
• Industry/trade-- "Roaring Twenties"-- American economy experienced rapid economic growth; Coolidge had a "lasizz-faire" ideology (Many people claimed that his work within the economy led to the Great Depression)
• Taxation Policy-- lower taxes and less people having to pay taxes
• In favor of civil rights-- appointed no KKK members to government positions, June 1924, passed the Indian Citizenship Act (granted full US citizenship to all American Indians)
• Foriegn Policy-- Isolationist
• 1924 Election
  • ran against Henry Ford of Michingan -- republican canidate
  • The Republican delegates chose Charles Dawes of Illinois to run with him as the vice presidential candidate.
  • John Davis- Demoncratic canidate
  • Robert LaFollette - Progressive party canidate
  • Coolidge won the electoral votes of thirty-five states to just twelve for Davis of the Democrats. LaFollette won only Wisconsin, his home state. Coolidge also won more popular votes than the other two candidates together
  • wasnt fully in the election because his younger son Calvin had died during the campaign and it had taken a toll on his Presidential campaign himself
• 1928 Election

  • Decided not to run : "If I take another term, I will be in the White House till 1933 … Ten years in Washington is longer than any other man has had it—too long!"- Coolidge

Works Cited

• http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/calvincoolidge
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvin_Coolidge